HSSC CLERK EXAM (21.09.2019)

Total Questions: 100

51. According to Census-2011, women literacy rate is maximum in which district of Haryana?

(1) Faridabad
(2) Karnal
(3) Ambala
(4) Gurgaon

Correct Answer: (4) Gurgaon

Solution:According to the 2011 Census, Gurgaon (now known as Gurugram) has the highest female literacy rate (77.6%) in Haryana. It is closely followed by Panchkula with female literacy rate of 77.5% and Ambala with 76.6%. With a literacy rate of 84.7%, Gurgaon district also has the highest literacy rate in the state.

52. Adi Badri is associated with the holy River

(1) Yamuna
(2) Saraswati
(3) Markanda
(4) Ganga

Correct Answer: (2) Saraswati

Solution:Adi Badri, also known as Sri Sarasvati Udgam Tirath, isrelated to the Saraswati River,one of the most ancient Vedic religious site in Haryana, along with 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra, Dhosi Hill and Kapal Mochan. The Somb river passing through here is considered by some to follow the course of the Rig Vedic Sarasvati river.

53. Which campaign was strated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi from Panipat?

(1) Yuva Jagran
(2) Janjati Jagran
(3) Samajik Samrasta
(4) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

Correct Answer: (4) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

Solution:Government's ambitious 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' campaign to save and empowr girl child was on 22 January 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Panipat in Haryana, the state with the lowest sex ratio. The districts of Haryana where the scheme was launched are Mahendargarh, Jhajjar, Rewari, Sonipat, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Rohtak, Karnal, Yamuna Nagar, Kaithal, Bhiwani and Panipat.

54. Which district of Haryana is abundant in Mineral Resources?

(1) Gurgaon
(2) Bhiwani
(3) Mahendragarh
(4) Fatehabad

Correct Answer: (3) Mahendragarh

Solution:Mahendragarh district is richest in mineral resources in Haryana, though Ambala, too, is well endowed. Some of the mineral resources of Mahendragarh are limestone, quartz/silica sand, slate, barytes, calcite, felspar, marble, copper, dolomite, etc. Haryana is the principal holder of country's resources of tin (64%), quartasilica sand (52%) and quartzite (49%).

55. Which freedom fighter was the Editor of the newspaper 'Kohinoor'?

(1) Bal Mukund Gupta
(2) Chandrabhan Gupt
(3) Shriram Sharma
(4) Nekiram Sharma

Correct Answer: (1) Bal Mukund Gupta

Solution:Balmukund Gupta, a Haryana based writer, edited Kohinoor, the most important Urdu newspaper of the time, During his editorship, many important personalities were associated with with the paper such as Lala Lajpat Rai. He also edited Akbaar-e-Chunar.

56. Tangri river of Haryana originates from

(1) Mewat Hills
(2) yamunotri
(3) Dagshai Hills
(4) Morni Hills

Correct Answer: (4) Morni Hills

Solution:Tangri river, also called Dangri river, originates in Morni Hills of the Siwalik Hills of south eastern Himachal Pradesh and flows for 70 km in Haryana. It confluences with the Markanda at Haryana Punjab border north of Sadhpur Viran in north west Kurukshetra district and south of Mehmudpur Rurki in south Patiala district. It later comes t be known as the Ghaggar.

57. The Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department of Haryana has set a target to cover cattles under the Pashudhan Bima Yojana.

(1) one lakh
(2) two lakh
(3) three lakh
(4) four lakh

Correct Answer: (1) one lakh

Solution:Haryana Government in July 2016 launched Pashudhan Bima Yojana, an insurance cover scheme for cattle breeders in the state. The state Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department set a target to cover one lakh cattle under scheme.

58. Who was the ruler of Rewari at the time of Akbar?

(1) Rao Tularam
(2) Rao Karn Singh
(3) Ful Singh
(4) Hemchandra

Correct Answer: (4) Hemchandra

Solution:Hem Chandra was the ruler of Rewari during Akbar's time. He had won 22 battles from Punjab to Delhi during 1553-56. He defeated Akbar's forces at Agra and Delhi and was crowned as King Vikra-maditya at Purana Quila in Delhi on 7 October 1556. Не reigned as king of Delhi for one month but lost to Akbar in the Second Battle of Panipat on 5 November 1556.

59. Which famous personality is associated with Mokhra Village of Rohtak?

(1) Kalpana Chawla
(2) Baba Ramdev
(3) Sakshi Malik
(4) None of these

Correct Answer: (3) Sakshi Malik

Solution:Indian freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malikwas born in Mokhra village of Haryana's Rohtak district in 1992. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics and the fourth female Olympic medalist from the country.

60. National Dairy Production Research Institute is situated in which city?

(1) Yamuna Nagar
(2) Panipat
(3) Faridabad
(4) Karnal

Correct Answer: (4) Karnal

Solution:The National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is India's premier institute for dairy research that is located at Karnal in Haryana. It was established at Bangalore in 1923 as Imperial Institute of Animal Husbandry and Dairying. In 1955 the institute's headquarters moved to Karnal.

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